Month: December 2019

Global safety sensors and switches market forecast

According to the analytical research study performed on safety sensors and switches, the global market is projected to expand at a meteoric rate to register a value CAGR of 10.7% throughout the period of assessment, 2017-2025. In 2017, the global market for safety sensors and switches was valued at around US$ 13.8 Bn (€12.4 Bn)and is estimated to touch a valuation higher than US$ 30 (€27.08) by the end of the period of forecast.

Industry 4.0 to potentially influence the adoption of safety sensors and switches in the years to come

The fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, aims at factory automation which removes human intervention. Autonomous robotics and sensors technology is expected to be implemented in industries by the end of 2025. The use of robots in the production line of the manufacturing sector would give a significant boost to the use of sensors and switches. These sensors are used to monitor the functioning of robots and machines thus ensuring effective production with reduced errors and increasing profit margins.

Several countries are opting for automation across various industries implementing Industry 4.0 concept. Moreover, they are looking forward to levy strict regulations related to safety in industries and commercial spaces with a view to avoid loss and damage to the property or life under any circumstance. The growing industrial revolution has thus presented potential growth opportunities for safety sensors and switches market at a global level.

Industrial automation growth in asia pacific to be in direct sync with the adoption of safety sensors and switches

Emerging economies in Asia Pacific such as China and India are witnessing a huge drift towards rapid urbanisation coupled with increasing consumer disposable incomes. This has triggered the demand for emergency stop controls, pressure sensing sensors and devices and other safety devices across various industries.

Several projects in this region are encouraging advancements in the manufacturing sector. For instance, the “Make in India” projects has encouraged manufacturing sector to grow at a rapid pace by implementing automation across various end use industries and also imposing strict safety regulations. This has given an accelerated push to the adoption of safety sensors and switches in Asia Pacific.

Industrial automation in Asia Pacific is at its peak in countries such as Japan, China and South Korea. Other emerging counties such as India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are also witnessing increasing trends of automation across various sectors. For instance, Digital India Campaign in India is a potential trend that is influencing the growth in use of safety sensors and switches. In addition, the concept of connected cities or smart cities is burgeoning in various developing countries. This has triggered the use of safety sensors and switches in the region.

Competitive landscape of the global safety sensors and switches market

Companies competing in the global market for safety sensors and switches include ABB, Siemens, Pepperl + Fuchs, Hans Turck GmbH & Co. KG, Omega Engineering, Keyence Corporation , Eaton Corporation Plc., Datalogic S.P.A, Sick Automation, Texas Instruments, Honeywell, Baumer Group, Banner Engineering Corp., Balluff GmbH, Omron Corporation, Allen-Bradley Rockwell Automation, Inc, Schneider Electric, Elobau GmbH and Schmersal GmbH & Co. KG.

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The use of mobile technology has enabled a global reduction in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions of around 2,135 million tonnes of CO2e last year. This is according to a new study commissioned by the mobile network operators’ association, the GSMA.

The quantity is said to approximate to the total emissions emitted yearly by Russia. The emissions savings were almost 10 times greater than the global carbon footprint of the mobile industry itself.

The new GSMA report, produced in collaboration with the Carbon Trust, an independent sustainability specialist, is being presented at the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) held in Madrid this month.

It found that the majority of avoided emissions made possible by mobile technologies were the result of significant reductions in energy and fuel consumption. In 2018, mobile technologies such as Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT) enabled a 1.44 billion MWh reduction in energy and saved 521 billion litres of fuel, globally.

“The mobile ecosystem enabled savings of enough electricity and gas last year to power more than 70 million houses for an entire year in the US. Additionally, fuel for all 32.5 million registered cars in the UK to drive for 19 years was saved,” says Mats Granryd, director general of the GSMA.

“Today’s study underlines how mobile and smart technologies are powering sustainable economic growth while enabling the avoidance of emissions across multiple industry sectors. These technologies will be crucial to the world reaching its Net Zero targets.”

“Climate change requires a collective effort across governments, businesses and civil society if we are going to succeed in limiting global temperature increases to within 1.5 degrees,” according to Tom Delay, CEO of the Carbon Trust. “This analysis shows the positive role that mobile technology is playing in the evolution of other sectors and is a great example of what is possible.”

The Carbon Trust examined 14 markets around the world to form a representative sample of the ‘enablement effect’ of the mobile sector’s ability to reduce emissions. The results indicate an even split between the enablement effect of M2M/IoT technologies, and those enabled through behaviour changes from the personal use of smartphones.

Mats Granryd

The majority of avoided emissions from M2M technologies are primarily in buildings, transport, manufacturing and the energy sector – sectors that make up a large portion of global GHG emissions.

For example, savings in buildings are a result of technologies that improve energy efficiency such as building management systems and smart meters. In the transport sector, the use of telematics can improve route optimisation and vehicle fuel efficiency.

Meanwhile, personal smartphone usage is enabling emissions reductions due to encouraging behaviours such as reduced travel, increased use of public transport, remote home heating control and online shopping.

The report provides a high-level analysis of six categories of enabling mechanisms, along with case studies. The biggest category of avoided emissions is ‘Smart living, working and health’ (39% of total avoided emissions in 2018), followed by ‘Smart transport and cities’ (30%), ‘Smart manufacturing’ (11%), ‘Smart buildings’ (10%), ‘Smart energy’ (7%), and ‘Smart agriculture’ (3%).

‘The Enablement Effect: The impact of mobile communications technologies on carbon emission reductions’ is produced by the GSMA and the Carbon Trust. The report provides a breakdown of the results and the assumptions used in the calculations, including a full methodology.

Many of the world’s largest mobile operator groups have agreed to start disclosing their climate impacts as part of a major new GSMA-led initiative to develop a mobile industry climate action roadmap in line with the Paris Agreement. The disclosures form the first phase of an industry-wide, climate action roadmap.

The GSMA is working with participating operators and partnering with the international community, climate experts and third-party organisations to advance industry progress, establish best practices, and support disclosure and target setting. The work forms part of the industry’s journey to support the delivery of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG #13 on Climate Action.

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A new white paper has been published by Georgia Tech that offers food for thought and helpful comparison points regarding the Internet of Things (IoT) and Digital Business Transformation (DBT), rather than providing primary scientific research.

Michelle Mindala-Freeman

Some of the key conclusions are that DBT is first and foremost rooted in business (avoid the substantial risks of making it exclusively a technological endeavour), and that its models and tools augment traditional project management practices. The white paper goes on to recommend 4 courses of action for enterprises.

The white paper, initiated in 2018, has been developed by the Working Group on IoT Thought Leadership of the Georgia Tech Centre for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (CDAIT). The contributors to this article, i.e., Michelle Mindala-Freeman, Sébastien Lafon, and Alain Louchez, as well as the other white paper authors come from varying walks of industry and academia and are engaged in digital and IoT undertakings..

Digital Business Transformation is first and foremost rooted in business

DBT is a broad-based, long-term, dynamic process, which includes many moving parts. Internet of Things technologies as a whole constitute one of these critical foundational parts. There is a tightly coupled relationship between the two – the success of IoT programmes rests on the same foundation and success factors as digital business transformation, and digital transformation’s success for many enterprises rests on delivering the transformative business value of IoT.

Sebastien Lafon

It therefore holds true that, regardless of the non-trivial technological dimensions of IoT – such as those in play today (like artificial intelligence, cloud/edge computing; communications protocols (from low power to 5G) or miniaturised sensing and actuating devices with increasing capabilities) or those farther out and less widely in play (like quantum computing, bio-transistors or advanced energy harvesting) – IoT programmes as part of digital business transformation are first and foremost undertakings firmly and deeply rooted in business.

Making it exclusively a technological endeavour not only misses the point, but is downright risky if not dangerous for the firm across multiple dimensions – not only technical; but also financial, operational, cultural, managerial – and even risks company brand and reputation.

Digital transformation models and tools augment traditional project management practices

The models and tools made available in the paper are devised to augment traditional project, delivery and management practices – they start and finish by looking at the whole and addressing both the ‘why’ (i.e., why are we doing this? why should we continue?) and the ‘what’ (i.e., what is important? what must be addressed?).

• IoT projects must be defined, designed and delivered as part of a comprehensive DBT agenda and approach. The DIGIT (Discover-Identify-Govern-Implement-Track) framework outlined in the paper identifies the building blocks that are mission-critical to success, starting with setting and communicating a clear digital strategy.
• The IoT end-to-end value chain is rich and complex, going well beyond devices, networks and applications. To create a more holistic view, the paper proposes the IMAGE (Interface-Medium-Application-Glue-Extraction) model, which blends technological and non-technological aspects, all essential for delivering scale and benefits over time.
• IoT and business leaders should take action now to ground their DBT programmes in fast-emerging value vectors such as reuse, recycling, remanufacturing and other regenerative practices and processes, i.e., “Re-X”, (circular economy), outcome-driven business models (outcome economy), and integration (interconnected economy), i.e., the “new ROI”, which, if judiciously harnessed, will bolster corporate return on investment.

Alain Louchez

However highly complicated the technical dimension of IoT is, which, if anything, will become even more so and whose effective and efficient handling allows no shortcuts or vague approximations, the human dimension, albeit fuzzy and somewhat volatile, is much more complex and in need of leadership and management attention.

Companies contemplating launching digital transformation initiatives and/or initiatives powered by IoT would be well served to integrate early on these two strategic keystones: business (the end-game) and people (the engine), in their thinking.

Suggested courses of action

Success in digital transformation, and therefore IoT-driven digital programmes, will come to those who take the time to:

• Thoroughly understand the reasons that justify and support this undertaking;
• Acknowledge that it can only be achieved by, through and for their various stakeholders;
• Establish the proper programme framework, taking a holistic approach and setting reasonable objectives accordingly; and
• Recognise the broad enterprise impact and plan for ongoing digital evolution and change.

The views expressed in this article are solely the authors’ collective views and do not necessarily represent those of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), the Georgia Tech Centre for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (CDAIT) company members, the individual members of the CDAIT IoT Thought Leadership Working Group, and the University System of Georgia or the State of Georgia.

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According to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of telematics service subscribers using embedded systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.1% from 80.4 million subscribers at the end of 2018 to 339.3 million subscribers at the end of 2024.

Moreover, Berg Insight forecasts that shipments of embedded car OEM telematics systems worldwide will grow from 34.0 million units in 2018 to reach 75.4 million units in 2024, which represents an attach rate of 82.0%.

Connected car services have evolved from being a differentiating factor to a common feature with a high attach rate among the premium car brands and are rapidly becoming increasingly common in mid-range vehicles.

GM’s OnStar was launched more than 20 years ago and is today the market provider worldwide with approximately 20.0 million users in total, out of which more than 16.0 million were in North America by year-end 2018. BMW has the second largest user base of an estimated 10.0 million connected vehicles.

Mercedes-Benz currently ranks third as Mercedes Me Connect is now available in more than 45 countries and recently launched in the US, Canada, Australia, Thailand and New Zealand. Carmaker PSA Group now has 4.8 million connected vehicles in Europe via Peugeot, Citroën and DS. PSA launched an emergency and assistance call service in 2003. Additional automotive OEMs with over 3 million telematics subscribers include Volkswagen, Hyundai and FCA Group.

“The automotive OEM telematics value chain spans multiple industries including automotive suppliers, telematics service providers (TSPs), carmakers, telecom industry players, as well as software and content providers,” says Martin Svegander, IoT analyst at Berg Insight.

TSPs are facing increasing competition from OEM insourcing and new players such as cloud service providers and other automotive suppliers. Today, he says, TSPs such as WirelessCar and Sirius XM Connected Vehicle Services have increased their focus on delivering a portfolio of cloud-based services that can be combined to fulfil the automaker’s needs. The major cloud service providers are investing heavily in their connected car offerings and are keen on working with car OEMs.

“For mobile operators positioning themselves in the cellular IoT market, the OEM embedded telematics market is highly important. Moreover, IoT managed service providers have during the past few years partnered with automotive OEMs to offer global connectivity solutions.

“The current structure of the connected car value chain has remained largely unchanged during the past few years. However, new players which enable carmakers to explore ways to utilise the connected car data and develop new services have emerged during the past few years,” Svegander adds.

Click here to download the report brochure: The Global Automotive OEM Telematics Market

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